Budding audiophile/vinyl questions

[BlindedByScience]

Originally Posted by kickerb

i don't consider Klipsch speakers to be high quality. they are plain and simple loudspeakers. i own a whole set. yes, i like them. but i would not say they are high sound quality. just my two cents.

Years ago, I was in the audio business and was fortunate enough to travel to Hope, AR and actually met and chatted with Paul Klipsch. The Klipsch speakers of today are a far cry from the speakers that were being built when Paul was around. That was back in the day when people actually LISTENED to their audio systems.

I recently read an article that said the "death" of quality audio reproduction was largely do to the increased availability of it. Folks don't sit and listen anymore; they jog, work out, do housework, etc. with their i-Pod on and don't "really" pay attention anymore. It's his opinion, but I did find it interesting.

When I was in the retail home / pro audio business, we sold McIntosh, Klipsch, JBL, Nakamichi, Denon, ADS, B&W, B&O, Thorens, etc....solid, high end analog stuff. It was a fun time. After that, I built and engineered in recording studios for a living for a few years. I can honestly say I have heard the best of the best when it comes to recording and reproduction. Stupid expensive Neumann microphones through custom preamps and modified consoles, onto a Studer analog tape machine with Mark Levinson modified electronics pulling 2" tape running at 30 ips, through a pair of full custom speakers in soffets with 4Kw of McIntosh power behind them....real bliss. Every time I worked in that room, it made me try harder and harder to make recordings of the quality that the system and room was capable of. Fun times....

Oh yeah, we were talking about turntables, weren't we...??....

Cheers - N.F.H.